Unit 5

Question 1

What were four issues facing the new United States?

Answer 1

Debt, economic crises in the states, frontier Indian attacks, and foreign relations

Question 2

What did the Northwest Ordinance set for the country?

Answer 2

It set precedents for how the country handled other territorial acquisitions in the future

Question 3

When did the Constitutional Convention meet?

Answer 3

May of 1787

Question 4

Who was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 4

George Washington

Question 5

Who was the most prominent and active delegate at the convention?

Answer 5

James Madison

Question 6

What issue was resolved by the Great Compromise?

Answer 6

How representation would be determined in the national legislature

Question 7

What did the Three-fifths Compromise call for?

Answer 7

For 3/5 of slaves to be counted as the population both for taxation and for representation

Question 8

What was The Federalist or The Federalist Papers?

Answer 8

A collection of articles written anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay favoring ratification

Question 9

What were the people called who opposed ratification of the Constitution?

Answer 9

Antifederalist

Question 10

What are the two chambers or houses of Congress?

Answer 10

The House of Representatives and the Senate

Question 11

How often are members of the House of Representatives elected?

Answer 11

Every two years

Question 12

What are the two specific responsibilities of the House of Representatives?

Answer 12

They originate all bills that propose the raising of revenue, and they initiate the process of impeachment against Federal officials

Question 13

How long is the term for a U.S. Senator?

Answer 13

Six years

Question 14

What fraction of the Senate is elected every two years?

Answer 14

One-third

Question 15

What are three specific responsibilities of the Senate?

Answer 15

They ratify treaties that the President makes with other countries, approve the nominations made by the President to fill many Federal positions, and they serve as the jury in an impeachment trial

Question 16

What is the process of how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 16

When a bill is introduced in either house by any member of the House or Senate, it is assigned to a committee based on the subject of the bill, voted on by the committee and if approved there, it is considered and voted on by the full chamber. Once it is passed by one house, it goes to the other house and through the process over again. If passed by both houses, it goes to the President, which he signs as a law

Question 17

What options does the President have when Congress passes a bill and sends it to him?

Answer 17

He can either sign the bill to become a law, veto it and send it back to Congress, or not sign it at all but the bill still becomes a law after ten days

Question 18

What is the length of term for the President and Vice President?

Answer 18

Four years

Question 19

Who actually chooses the President and Vice President?

Answer 19

The electors

Question 20

How many electors are there, and why?

Answer 20

538 presidential electors, one for each of the 435 Representatives and 100 Senators plus 3 for the District of Columbia

Question 21

What role does the President have with the armed forces?

Answer 21

He is Commander in Chief of the country’s military forces

Question 22

What role does the President have with the operation of the Federal government?

Answer 22

He oversees the operation of the executive branch of government, which now involves millions of workers in the Federal bureaucracy

Question 23

What role does the President have with other countries?

Answer 23

He conducts relations, negotiates treaties (to be confirmed by the Senate), and receives official representation of other countries

Question 24

What is the basis for impeachment?

Answer 24

It is to be for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors

Question 25

What are the three levels of the Federal court system?

Answer 25

Supreme Court, Federal district courts, and appeals courts

Question 26

What does “full faith and credit” mean?

Answer 26

It means that the states are to recognize as legitimate the laws and records of other states

Question 27

For a proposed amendment to the Constitution to be adopted, it must be approved by what fraction of Congress and what fraction of the states?

Answer 27

2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the states

Question 28

What four issues does the 1st Amendment address?

Answer 28

It prohibits Congress from giving legal favor to one religious group, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and of the press, and the right to protest peacefully

Question 29

What does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?

Answer 29

The right to own weapons

Question 30

What rights do the 5th Amendment through 8th Amendment protect?

Answer 30

They preserve the rights of those who have been accused of committing crimes

Question 31

What does the 16th Amendment enable?

Answer 31

Direct Federal income taxes on individuals

Question 32

What did the 19th Amendment do?

Answer 32

Gave women the right to vote

Question 33

What did the 24th Amendment outlaw?

Answer 33

The poll tax

Question 34

What does the 25th Amendment provide for?

Answer 34

Presidential succession

Question 35

What did the 26th Amendment do?

Answer 35

Gave the right to vote to eighteen year olds

Question 36

What is the supreme law for Christians?

Answer 36

The Bible

Question 37

What are the two basic steps of interpretation?

Answer 37

Determining what a text says and then determining what a text means

Question 38

How should the Bible be read and understood?

Answer 38

In the way it was written

Question 39

What is the meaning of prooftexting?

Answer 39

It is to take a verse or a phrase out of its context to defend an already-established belief or practice

Question 40

What is the best interpreter for Scripture?

Answer 40

Scripture

Question 41

What is the primary truth?

Answer 41

God

Question 42

What is God’s most important act?

Answer 42

Jesus